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Trial of Control + Apologies + News

Hello, here's the latest big update! The Trial of Control features the same stuff as the Trial of Tech, with secrets, multiple game over scenes, and a secret ending ;)

This one was pretty challenging to get right, but I really liked how it ended up and was true to the characters involved. The amount of time it took to make this work also made me realise that I might have to scale things down slightly from 6 Trials to 4, since these are really quite chunky in terms of content and time-co...

Trial of Tech!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/mxUEzbTR#9WznvJHCf6fGwcJHY_-_gMzCKyeB5ZHsKAJMcNsXtbo

Key only: 9WznvJHCf6fGwcJHY_-_gMzCKyeB5ZHsKAJMcNsXtbo

Had lots of fun adding depth and secrets into this one! 

Syia + All 5 Books!

A little something for everyone just to show you how progress of the game is going. The next part is gonna be the best part -- the Trials! Each trial will be similar to some of the biggest levels from the previous S + S games plus a little more, with secrets, hidden endings, and multiple game over scenes. There will be much more gameplay and player agency in those. The first trial is themed around a heist in Felin's lab.

Regarding the trials, I might end up scaling down from 6 to 4, act...

The tickling sound effect?

Just wondering how you guys felt about it:

Book of Felin stories!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/PlMRFT7B#L43gTdGfJXSGPE6oMNInHsjRKj9vPiVSvqYxhsNv33Y

Key only: L43gTdGfJXSGPE6oMNInHsjRKj9vPiVSvqYxhsNv33Y

Book of Jienan!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/ikFElJwJ#5V42EIoL-UeoTLSCKfTUe2qTm8JUgFHAIwmIL1E3WVU

Key only: 5V42EIoL-UeoTLSCKfTUe2qTm8JUgFHAIwmIL1E3WVU

Hope you're all having a good week, people! I've been a bit under the weather with flu, but game designing is fortunately something you can do in bed at all hours!

Book of Xsara and Academy Trials info!

A little thing for everyone to show you how the game is progressing! You'll find the stories for Jienan, Xsara, and Jelex in this one:

My plan is for half of the game to be these visual novel-esque stories and the other half to be what I'm calling 'Academy Trials', where you play as certain students and try to handle challenges set by Professors. They will be a bit similar to the missions in S & S, though with a bit more depth. I've currently got two planned: Trial of Technology (ex...

Demon Academy: Xsara stories

Version 2 always feels like when the game starts coming together with lots of big changes to UI and overall presentation. Hope you guys enjoy the Xsara stories and have a great week!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/Xx10AY5T#PwiQ-r8OH52WzwDO3eSIW7PYu5rpicw2FdaHissqsOo

Key only: PwiQ-r8OH52WzwDO3eSIW7PYu5rpicw2FdaHissqsOo

Which game did you enjoy more?

I'm curious! And as always, feedback is very welcome about what in particular you guys enjoyed.

First look! 3 Jelex Stories!

Here's a first look at the new game! I plan on doing 3 stories for each of those 5 protagonists, and then an 'Arena Mode', which will feature much more involving gameplay, meaningful choices, bad ends, and player expression. It'll also be entirely new content created by myself, while the 'Books' are adaptations of Astralknight03's stories with slight changes added. I know it's been a while since I've done a proper poll, so expect one later involving the 'bosses' of Arena mode!

As ever, ...

For the Union full release!

Thanks so much for your patience and support, guys! It was really fun to do this one while comparing it to For the Commonwealth.

You can find all the download links up here as usual: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-games-in-one-40268754

More info: https://oneortheother.itch.io/strategy-...

Release date + next game news

Hello, everyone! I've finished testing For the Union, and Kimoon says the pictures should be finished by Friday, so I'm aiming for a Saturday release if it all goes smoothly. As before, I'm linking these for reference as well if you haven't seen them yet:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-beta-v1-83048222 (full beta)

2023-05-29 07:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Monday update!

Happy Monday, everyone! Just to give you all an update on how things are going. I've pretty much finished the latest game (For the Union!) but I'm waiting for the two commissioned pictures from Kimoon and my testers to finish playing through it. For your reference: 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-beta-v1-83048222 (full beta)

2023-05-22 15:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Full Beta V1!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/uhtmSJBA#YFwrgWXCcIxByOwe9X6_Gi6gFpQLVEHsWtYrIXpikik

Key only: YFwrgWXCcIxByOwe9X6_Gi6gFpQLVEHsWtYrIXpikik

Here's the full game! Please let me know if there are any bugs or typos you encounter. I believe there are some problems with the player's name not up correctly at times, so please do keep an eye out for that and let me know if/when you spot that!

And enjoy :)

Happy Coronation Day and Update!

Hello, everyone! Some good news for all. I'm actually very close to having the full beta finished for the game. Some of you guys might know I like to have updates ready a few weeks in advance in came of some emergency that means I can't work on the game, so although today's update is Mission 10, I've actually just finished Mission 12!

As ever, I don't like giving a firm deadline, but there is every reason to believe the game will be released before the end of the month!

Btw, Missi...

Mission 9 + Happy Labour Day!

And I've been continuing to labour away as ever, haha. Have a good day and enjoy the latest update!

Full lnink: https://mega.nz/file/D4txEDJD#rLTsM31UM0jMcxBZ2zpGhvIHnLp2vQFP-T9zfM5Uv-Y

Key only: rLTsM31UM0jMcxBZ2zpGhvIHnLp2vQFP-T9zfM5Uv-Y

Mission 8!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/i8kCUArK#XhzRvcipxn9Iewci02bcD_kIEZ_r38QStgOONrxjlzU

Key only: XhzRvcipxn9Iewci02bcD_kIEZ_r38QStgOONrxjlzU

Nearing the final stretch for the game! 4 more missions to go!

Mission 7!

Here's the latest! Sorry this one is a little late, but I hope the fact that this is perhaps one of the best missions so far makes up for it :D

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/j0s1jLiJ#JS7kvMAc7EfnRCxeMAU9k-uy_yRMNVeghLx2wMxPvh4

Key only: JS7kvMAc7EfnRCxeMAU9k-uy_yRMNVeghLx2wMxPvh4

Mission 6 + Happy Easter!

Full Link: https://mega.nz/file/m08gza5R#I9hyw7kaRXWbI4ewOrXUEGCTeDXSHYY8RiecYBIiCg8

Key only: I9hyw7kaRXWbI4ewOrXUEGCTeDXSHYY8RiecYBIiCg8

Mission 5 + News!

Hello,

Firstly, wishing you all an early happy Easter! I'll be a bit busy with family stuff during the next two weeks or so, but I've got some updates prepared (I try to work ahead of time if possible), so expect the usual weekly updates! 

In other news, I have commissioned: https://www.deviantart.com/ijwt-art 

To help out with the poster art! I'm planning on a new one for 'For the Commonwe...

Mission 4!

Here's what Mission 4 looks like! This one was a pretty fun one to do as well, and I enjoyed the little references to some of my other games. Have a good week, everyone :)

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/vs1QARLb#azgKQvxCMnVhoeA00r8AI5Ck-Zyg7ggLsmtoQ3etVno

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Mission 3, For the Union!

Wanted to share this with all of you to thank you for supporting me! Mission 3 is one that I really enjoyed making, and it was really fun adding elements that I haven't used for a while (all the back to my first LoL game actually, haha). You'll see what I mean towards the end. Enjoy!

Oh, and there are multiple endings for this one ;)

Full link only https://mega.nz/file/LgUQHKKA#e8LzB3VlLurAOr0zlUoRSzhXi5OfAjxC5J...

For the Union, Mission 2!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/zlsDHRAD#WwZQf3RX5yMJ6syHwAn2Pd39I5-nVdT-izcVXQvxWoE

Key only: WwZQf3RX5yMJ6syHwAn2Pd39I5-nVdT-izcVXQvxWoE

Wanted to try to do something different with the skill-checks in this one. Next game update will be for all patrons! Thank you all again for your support!

First Look at Next Game!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/f88gBLTQ#ANOjbqv4sG0_wZbK9v-tuE2ZcJgz2odGosLXXpS27dc

Key only: ANOjbqv4sG0_wZbK9v-tuE2ZcJgz2odGosLXXpS27dc

Here's the first Mission for 'For the Union!' I've really tried to focus on contrasts for this one, so it feels very different thematically to the other side of the conflict. Hope you get those vibes too!

As always, feedback is very welcome.

For the Commonwealth Release!

It's out! Thanks so much for your patience and understanding, everyone! A big thanks to everyone who gave suggestions and pointed out errors while playing the various betas.

Download it here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/40268754 

Info here: https://oneortheother.itch.io/strategy-submission-commonwea...

For the Commonwealth, Beta 2!

Weekly update, everyone! My beta testers have nearly finished testing and it should be ready within a week or so. As ever, it would be super appreciated if you let me know about any typos/bugs you encounter here.

I've also begun making some solid progress on the 'Union Edition' of the game, and I'll have something to share with you guys before too long! Stay tuned and have a good week, everyone :)

Full link: https:/...

For the Commonwealth full beta!

It's here! As ever, please let me know if you run into any typos or bugs.

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/b4swVbrZ#WXbDfML23NNUHIXBrq86wYD3pQOKH7ACBH8S8Ynx8w4

Key only: WXbDfML23NNUHIXBrq86wYD3pQOKH7ACBH8S8Ynx8w4

Final Mission for For The Commonwealth!

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/v18mFDqQ#y7I-vDXVv7GbE-trVk5TSX3SaTxzy4Pk9eY1ps6vAr4

Key only: y7I-vDXVv7GbE-trVk5TSX3SaTxzy4Pk9eY1ps6vAr4

Full beta out next week!

Mission 11 + News

Full link: https://mega.nz/file/PksCDbKb#aI4JfAv42Avuybt7_U3Vpl3h4e6yl7716GLm-qpOO14

Key only: aI4JfAv42Avuybt7_U3Vpl3h4e6yl7716GLm-qpOO14

My testers really enjoyed this one! Hope you guys like it too :D

In other news, I think it's very likely that the game will be released this month! 

It'll be the 'Union Edition' game right afterwards, and I've already got some fun stuff planned. It'll be quit...

Future game?

Hello, everyone! 

I've been thinking about the next game, and while I think the 'Union Edition' version of Strategy & Submission will be my next project, I'm also considering the one after that.

I'm thinking about doing an adaptation of Jaynin's Demon Academy series (https://www.deviantart.com/astralknight03/gallery), as I've always felt that the setting had a lot of mischievous po...